Become the Mentor Someone Needs
You have valuable experience to share. Learn how to turn that experience into a mentoring relationship that helps someone grow.
From Experience to Impact
Being successful and having experience to share is a great start. But being a great mentor involves more than simply giving advice.
A successful mentoring relationship requires knowing how to build trust, ask the right questions, guide someone through challenges, and help them grow.
This is a Practical Guide for the Mentoring Journey:
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START STRONG: Understand your role, set expectations, and begin with purpose.
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BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP: Build trust, communicate effectively, and connect with your mentee.
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KEEP MOVING FORWARD: Ask meaningful questions, provide guidance, and help your mentee grow.
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FINISH WELL: Know when the relationship has achieved its purpose and bring it to a successful close.
Why This Course?
A Clear Path Forward.
There is no shortage of advice about being a good mentor. The challenge is knowing what advice to follow, when to apply it, and how to put it all together.
This course gives you a clear, practical approach that guides you through the entire mentoring relationship—from the first conversation to the final one.
Instead of scattered tips and generic advice, you'll learn what to do, why it matters, and how to apply it.
What's in This Course?
Course completion time: approximately 1 hr. 15 min.
6:30 min.
Lesson 1 - What It Takes to Be a Great Mentor
Mentors provide role modeling, advice, and friendship to the mentee. They support the mentee and act as guides and counselors. In this lesson, we'll talk about the core attributes that make for a great mentor.
3:30 min.
Lesson 2 - What Makes For a Good Mentee
A mentoring relationship is a two-way street. What’s equally important is that the mentee has some essential characteristics that make mentoring them worth your time and effort. We'll walk you through the qualities to look for in a good mentee.
27:00 min.
Lesson 3 - One-on-One Across the Table
So, now you have a new mentee - where do you begin? Getting started with a new mentee can be tricky. In this lesson, well talk about some tips and strategies to help you get started on the right foot. We'll show you how to size up your mentee, walk you through the questions you should be asking, and lay out the steps that will help you create a mentoring pathway for moving forward.
12:30 min.
Lesson 4 - Moving Along in the Relationship
At this point you should have a good feel for who your mentee is and how you can help them. Now what? There are several great tools to use and approaches you can take in order to accelerate your mentee's personal and professional growth. This lesson will take you through the fundamental concepts that are critical to your mentee's success.
9:00 min.
Lesson 5 - Virtual Mentoring
Like all relationships, mentor-mentee interactions are evolving. Remote mentoring is a flexible, effective alternative to in-person mentoring experiences. But, it does come with challenges. In this lesson, we'll walk through the top five tips for effective virtual mentoring.
4:00 min.
Lesson 6 - Closing the Loop
When does the mentoring relationship end? Does it ever end? We'll look at these questions and more as we discuss how long you should mentor someone, and a few final insights for you to share with your mentee.
A Wrap-up from the Instructor
Dr. Hartnett will recap what you learned in this course and she'll talk through how you can continue building on what you have learned.
3:00 min.
Certificate of Completion
When you have successfully completed 100% of the course, you will receive a Completion Certificate. This certificate recognizes your commitment and dedication to the subject matter and acknowledges that you have completed all the course requirements.
What You'll Be Able To Do. . .
After completing this course, you'll have the knowledge and confidence to:
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Start strong by establishing a solid foundation for the mentoring relationship.
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Get to know your mentee by uncovering their strengths, weaknesses, motivations, and passions.
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Build trust and communicate effectively with your mentee.
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Ask meaningful questions, listen actively, and provide guidance when it matters most.
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Help your mentee set goals, overcome challenges, and continue growing.
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Recognize common problems and know how to keep the relationship moving forward.
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Successfully guide the relationship from the first conversation to a meaningful conclusion.
Meet the Instructor
Dr. Sherry Hartnett
Dr. Sherry Hartnett
has spent her career helping
people grow. As the Founding Director of the
University of West Florida Office of Workforce Development, the Executive Mentor Program, and co-author of the book High-Impact Mentoring - A Practical Guide to Creating Value in Other People's Lives, (with former Waffle House President and COO Bert Thornton), —she brings extensive experience in leadership development and mentoring.
As a highly respected workforce development leader, professor, and leadership consultant, she has earned prestigious faculty excellence in teaching awards and is delighted to see her students and clients prosper and flourish.
Sherry's mission is to share her mentoring and leadership knowledge, expertise, and connections to help people succeed in their careers and lives.
Course at a Glance
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100% online. Start instantly and learn at your own pace.
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6 video learning lessons, with comprehensive step-by-step instruction.
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Tips & strategies. Starter questions. Mentee assignments. Your role, the mentee's role. Identifying red-flags. And more!
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Step-by-step instruction for the beginning, middle, and end of a mentoring relationship.
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A Certificate of Completion to recognize that you have complete the course requirements.
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Estimated time to complete: 1 hr. 15 min.
